[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12831-12832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6704]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67

[Docket ID FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1016]


Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 5, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 
proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides 
corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information 
published at 73 FR 65816 through 65817. The table provided here 
represents the flooding source, location of referenced elevation, 
effective and modified elevation, and communities affected for St. 
Joseph County, Michigan (All Jurisdictions).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief, 
Engineering Management Branch, Mitigation Directorate, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3151 or (e-mail) [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) publishes proposed determinations of Base (1% annual-chance) 
Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs for communities participating 
in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), in accordance with 
section 110 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 
4104, and 44 CFR 67.4(a).
    These proposed BFEs and modified BFEs, together with the floodplain 
management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are 
required. They should not be construed to mean that the community must 
change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their 
floodplain management requirements. The community may at any time enact 
stricter requirements of its own, or pursuant to policies established 
by other Federal, State, or regional entities. These proposed 
elevations are used to meet the floodplain management requirements of 
the NFIP and are also used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance 
premium rates for new buildings built after these elevations are made 
final, and for the contents in these buildings.

Correction

    In the proposed rule published at 73 FR 65816 through 65817, in the 
November 5, 2008 issue of the Federal Register, FEMA published a table 
under the authority of 44 CFR 67.4. The table, entitled ``St. Joseph 
County, Michigan and Incorporated Areas'' addressed flooding sources 
countywide. That table contained inaccurate information as to the 
location of referenced elevation, effective and modified elevation in 
feet, or communities affected for these flooding sources. In this 
notice, FEMA is publishing a table containing the accurate information, 
to address these prior errors. The information provided below should be 
used in lieu of that previously published notice.

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                                                                  * Elevation in feet
                                                                (NGVD)  + Elevation in
                                                                feet  (NAVD)  
                                                                  Depth in feet above
         Flooding source(s)            Location of referenced       ground  [caret]        Communities affected
                                            elevation**           Elevation in meters
                                                                         (MSL)
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                                                                Effective     Modified
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                               St. Joseph County, Michigan, and Incorporated Areas
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Adams Lake..........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +843  Township of Leonidas.
                                       Adams Lake.
Clear Lake..........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +876  Township of Fabius.
                                       Clear Lake.
Corey Lake..........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +877  Township of Fabius.
                                       Corey Lake.
Fishers Lake........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +815  Township of Park.
                                       Fishers Lake.
Flowerfield Creek...................  Approximately 0.8 mile          None         +817  Township of
                                       downstream of M 216                                Flowerfield.
                                       (Marcellus Road).
                                      Approximately 0.3 mile          None         +842
                                       upstream of Main
                                       Street on the St.
                                       Joseph County/
                                       Kalamazoo County
                                       border.

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Kaiser Lake.........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +877  Township of Fabius.
                                       Kaiser Lake.
Lake Templene.......................  Entire shoreline of             None         +831  Township of Sherman.
                                       Lake Templene.
Long Lake...........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +892  Township of Fabius.
                                       Long Lake.
Mud Lake............................  Entire shoreline of Mud         None         +877  Township of Fabius.
                                       Lake.
Pleasant Lake.......................  Entire shoreline of             None         +853  Township of Fabius.
                                       Pleasant Lake.
Spring Creek........................  At confluence with              None         +821  Township of
                                       Flowerfield Creek.                                 Flowerfield, Township
                                                                                          of Park.
                                      Approximately 0.6 mile          None         +844
                                       upstream of Quake Road
                                       on the St. Joseph
                                       County/Kalamazoo
                                       County border.
St. Joseph River....................  Approximately 0.7 mile          None         +829  Township of Mendon.
                                       downstream of Wakeman
                                       Road.
                                      Approximately 350 feet          None         +829
                                       downstream of Wakeman
                                       road.
Unnamed pond........................  Entire shoreline of             None         +815  Township of Park.
                                       Unnamed pond.
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    Dated: January 27, 2009.
Michael K. Buckley,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Mitigation Directorate, Department of 
Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 [FR Doc. E9-6704 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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